When I was a kid, I loved visiting relatives with my grandma. She would take me with her wherever she went. She said I was her little tail, but after eating the food cooked by my eldest cousin, I never wanted to go there again. My mother asked me several times, asking my grandma why she didn’t go to my sister-in-law’s house, and I couldn’t say.

My sister-in-law is a very talkative person. Anyone who offends her will scold you for a long time. The matchmaker will This kind of people are said to be eloquent, able to speak well, and able to run a household. My uncle's house is on the edge of a small town. Her house is only a 10-minute walk from the market, which is very convenient. When I was a child, I still wanted to go to my sister-in-law's house because I could buy popsicles and cold noodles that were not available in the countryside. During the summer vacation, our house was very hot, and the little girl had an electric fan to blow it, so my dad thought about sending my grandma to my sister-in-law’s house to escape the summer heat. Everyone in our family had prickly heat. Every time my grandma visits relatives, my dad follows the old rule and asks someone to take my grandma to my sister-in-law’s house in a sedan. My father and mother only carried winter melons and pumpkins and a can of lard. My sister-in-law’s house was surrounded by other people’s vegetable fields and there was no way to raise chickens or ducks. My mother caught two chickens and asked my sister-in-law to make soup. My sister-in-law's house is a building. The first floor is made of stone, and the second floor is brick. Her house is located in a mountain valley, and the sun can't get to it until the afternoon. When we went there, my sister-in-law gave me and grandma the coolest room on the first floor to sleep in. Their fan is very big, and my grandma can't blow such strong wind. My uncle specially bought a small fan for grandma. Every night grandma and I chase away mosquitoes and blow in the wind. Whenever it's time to go to the market, my sister-in-law and cousin get up early, and their family grows a lot of vegetables. Summer is the season for selling cowpeas and corn. My sister-in-law is smart. She has planted several batches of waxy corn. Others’ corn is too old to be eaten, but her corn is just ready for the market, so her corn can always be sold at a good price. She gets up at four in the morning to pick cowpeas, separates the long and short ones, and bundles them into handfuls to sell. This way, she doesn’t have to weigh them, which is very convenient and saves customers’ time. Good ones are sold more expensively, while poor ones are sold cheaper. I followed my cousin to help her collect money and change. Because there may be several customers coming to buy at the same time, there are only 5 handfuls of cowpeas in the worst condition left in the basket. My cousin said that she was going to squat in the toilet and asked me to sell the remaining 5 handfuls of cowpeas for 50 cents each. Just go out. I just sat on the ground and guarded the five handfuls of cowpeas in my back. After waiting for a long time, my cousin didn’t come back, so I stood up and looked around, and saw her eating cold cakes at the door of the shop next to the bun shop. After finishing her meal, she went to the bun shop to drink porridge and eat steamed buns. The last five handfuls of cowpeas of different quality were not sold, so my cousin said she would take them back and eat them herself. At noon, my cousin and my sister-in-law were cooking in the kitchen. I heard my sister-in-law ask my cousin, why is the difference of 2 yuan for the cowpeas you sell? My cousin said that my sister is very greedy. I just sold a few handfuls of cowpeas and she said she was hungry and wanted to eat. I didn’t buy them for her, so she took the money and went to the bun shop. What can I do? My sister-in-law said nothing more. I wanted to rush into the kitchen and tell my sister-in-law that I hadn't eaten, but my grandma grabbed me and wouldn't let me go. My sister-in-law said that your aunt did not teach her well. I cried. I didn’t allow others to talk about my mother. I was going to argue with my cousin. I didn’t take her money or eat anything. Grandma said, be good. It doesn’t matter whether others believe you or not. Grandma believes you. Please be patient and wait for you. Dad came to pick us up, but you can’t carry me. It's not good to make noise in other people's homes. The first day we left was June 30, the day when my grandma was a vegetarian. My sister-in-law ground the tofu pudding for her and asked her cousin to clean the pot before frying kimchi vermicelli. Told my cousin to use rapeseed oil. My grandma didn’t eat lard when she was a vegetarian. The chili sauce for eating Douhua requires lard, rapeseed oil, and wood ginger seed oil. In our family, we add these three oils according to our own preferences. I heard my sister-in-law tell my cousin to take the oil out and add it myself. Told her to use rapeseed oil for cooking. I was playing at the door of the kitchen, and I saw my cousin put the spatula into the lard jar and dug out a piece of white lard. After frying it, she smelled it and said that lard is fragrant when cooking. My sister-in-law served bean curd next to the big iron pot and gave her cousin a look. While eating, grandma lowered her head and said to me, asking me to go to the kitchen to get a small bowl and pour some soy sauce for her to dip the tofu pudding in. I asked my grandma why she didn’t eat hot sauce, and she said the chili peppers were fried in lard. I was very curious about how my grandma knew there was lard in the bowl of chili sauce since she had been sitting in the living room without moving. That meal was the soy sauce tofu bibimbap that my grandma had. In the afternoon, grandma gave me 1 yuan and asked me to go to a steamed bun shop and buy her 4 steamed buns. After dinner, grandma said she was sleepy and had chest pain and didn't get up to eat. The next day, my sister-in-law said she would take her grandma to see a doctor. Grandma said no, your brother is coming to pick me up today. Before my father came to pick us up, my sister-in-law packed a bag of clothes, including cotton and silk skirts for me and clothes for grandma. She told us to take them with us when we left, but she didn't give them to us when she went to the market to pick up vegetables. , when I left, grandma motioned for me to put it back in the room where we slept. It was already noon when I got home. My mother steamed eggplants in plain water for grandma, put her favorite sesame oil and ginger seed oil in the spicy sauce for dipping the eggplants, and ground tofu to make braised tofu. The meal was served very well. Grandma ate three bowls of rice. My mother kept telling her to eat slowly. I guess grandma is starving. Because we didn’t have breakfast, my father bought two bowls of cold cakes for my grandma and me on the way. I never went to my sister-in-law's house again. Every time she came to my house, she said, "Girl, if you don't come, your grandma won't come either." Every time my sister-in-law leaves, my grandma still brings her bamboo shoots and free-range eggs. My sister-in-law always says to grandma: Mom, when are you going to my house? You haven't been here for a long time. Grandma always says that she doesn't feel well and doesn't want to spend the night outside. In this way, grandma never went to her aunt's house again. No one in my family knew why she didn't go except me.

My mother often teaches us that relatives and friends only have fate in this life, and we may not meet them in the next life. We should cherish every encounter.

But with aunts and cousins ??like this, would you go there again? I wish my sister-in-law good health!